Jennifer Hudson Returns To Her Idol Roots.... Dreamgirl Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson on her Oscars win and a suprise return to American Idol.The Oscar winning star says she has ordered a special display case so she can show off her Oscar in her new home.The proud Dreamgirls star insists the statuette she won at the Academy Awards last month (25Feb07) will have a special place of honour in her new condo in Chicago, Illinois.She explains, "I want to put it in it's own case with theme music when you open it up."Hudson claims she might even give her new prize a bit of a makeover adding, "He needs some clothes, I want to give him an afro... Don't tell the Academy!" Hudson is still getting over the shock of winning and insists on taking her Oscar statue with her wherever she goes .She explains, "When I got my Golden Globe (Award) I took it around with me for about two weeks before I would give it up so it could be engraved."She will also reluctantly have to give her Oscar up so it can be engraved adding, "I don't like that idea, but just to get my name on it, I will!" Meanwhile Hudson stunned American Idol Contestants when she returned to her American Idol roots and made a surprise visit to the show last week (28Feb07) to support this season's contestants.Hudson made it to the finals of the TV talent show in season three, but she was voted off the programme. Fantasia Barrino went on to claim victory.

But, in a bid to prove she has no hard feelings about missing out on the chance to become an Idol winner, Hudson secretly returned to the show to offer the current batch of wannabes encouragement.

The Dreamgirls star says, "I just went to visit the show. I wanted to surprise the kids. I wanted to meet the contestants.

"It was elimination day. I still remember that day. I still get nervous on Wednesdays, because I was always in the bottom three (to be voted off the show).

"So I wanted to go and encourage them. The last thing I said is, 'Remember, it's OK if you get eliminated!' I'm the perfect person to tell them that."

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